Something funny my MIL said

lins86 · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:05 PM

I often take the things my MIL says with a pinch of salt because she exagerates sooo much and often I'll hear her repeat the same story but with different details so I know she bends the truth to suit her audience but this just takes the biscuit...

She has lots and lots of old scars from stretch marks on her stomach. Apparently she never had any stretch marks at all during her pregnancy up until she started pushing to give birth to my DH. She says all the pushing made them appear.

And she says she was pushing for 10 hours straight. She doesn't mean she was in labour for 10 hours. Pushing. Literally with every contraction for 10 hours she was pushing DH out but he was stuck and that's why it took so long.

These MIL-isms cannot be accurate truths can they??? Stretch marks are scars from the skin stretching, nothing like burst blood vessels, right? And would any midwife or doctor let someone push for 10 hours? wtf?

Blizzard · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:50 PM

Sounds totally mad to me

megrenade · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:52 PM

oh god

I know what you mean, GIL (grandma in law) told me she could feel her baby sucking it's thumb in the womb

kittymarie · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:53 PM

Lol that sounds so silly! I wouldn't believe it either.

megangrohl · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:56 PM

Don't believe that she pushed for 10 hours that's ludicrous! Lol but as for the stretch marks you can have none before the birth and AFTER labor have them appear from the skin bouncing back down so fast.

mrsrof · Apr 10th, 2012, 13:57 PM

yeah I wouldn't be inclined to believe that tbh! They look to intervene if a woman has been pushing for more than 1.5 hours here with no progress, so 10 hours seems a bit ludicrous! I wonder if she was in a hospital???

no idea on the stretchmarks..although I wouldn't think you could get them from pushing??

My MIL was adamant that my DH had been born 5 weeks late, I never ever believed her!! (I think my scepticism paid off as she has since admitted that her dates must have been wrong!)

NuKe · Apr 10th, 2012, 14:03 PM

letia659 · Apr 10th, 2012, 14:04 PM

You can get stretch marks after the birth but I doubt from pushing but she may have just associated that in her mind since she went in to have him and after he was born noticed them

but pushing for 10 hrs I don't think I'd believe that one then although they did things so much differently back then but I'm not sure anyone could make it that long without passing out I know I couldn't!

lins86 · Apr 10th, 2012, 14:28 PM

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Originally Posted by megrenade

oh god

I know what you mean, GIL (grandma in law) told me she could feel her baby sucking it's thumb in the womb

LOL that's hilarious!!!

I didn't know you could get stretch marks after the birth from the skin going back

so it's possible that she just believes they came from pushing then. Aw I'm disappointed to know that!!

yumosh · Apr 10th, 2012, 15:11 PM

Lol I love this thread... MILisms haaa.

Apr 10th, 2012, 13:05 PM	#1
lins86 Pregnant (Expecting) Inactive Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 65	Something funny my MIL said I often take the things my MIL says with a pinch of salt because she exagerates sooo much and often I'll hear her repeat the same story but with different details so I know she bends the truth to suit her audience but this just takes the biscuit... She has lots and lots of old scars from stretch marks on her stomach. Apparently she never had any stretch marks at all during her pregnancy up until she started pushing to give birth to my DH. She says all the pushing made them appear. And she says she was pushing for 10 hours straight. She doesn't mean she was in labour for 10 hours. Pushing. Literally with every contraction for 10 hours she was pushing DH out but he was stuck and that's why it took so long. These MIL-isms cannot be accurate truths can they??? Stretch marks are scars from the skin stretching, nothing like burst blood vessels, right? And would any midwife or doctor let someone push for 10 hours? wtf?

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Apr 10th, 2012, 13:50 PM	#2
Blizzard Waiting To Try (WTT) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Cardiff Posts: 2,130	Sounds totally mad to me

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megrenade Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 4,395	oh god I know what you mean, GIL (grandma in law) told me she could feel her baby sucking it's thumb in the womb

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megangrohl Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 6,314	Don't believe that she pushed for 10 hours that's ludicrous! Lol but as for the stretch marks you can have none before the birth and AFTER labor have them appear from the skin bouncing back down so fast.

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mrsrof Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2011 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 3,960	yeah I wouldn't be inclined to believe that tbh! They look to intervene if a woman has been pushing for more than 1.5 hours here with no progress, so 10 hours seems a bit ludicrous! I wonder if she was in a hospital??? no idea on the stretchmarks..although I wouldn't think you could get them from pushing?? My MIL was adamant that my DH had been born 5 weeks late, I never ever believed her!! (I think my scepticism paid off as she has since admitted that her dates must have been wrong!)

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letia659 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,988	You can get stretch marks after the birth but I doubt from pushing but she may have just associated that in her mind since she went in to have him and after he was born noticed them but pushing for 10 hrs I don't think I'd believe that one then although they did things so much differently back then but I'm not sure anyone could make it that long without passing out I know I couldn't!

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